National legislation

The Act establishes: a National Health System and describes its administrative framework both at national and local level. There is also established: the National Council on Health, the Technical Committee of the National Council on Health, the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee and the...

These Regulations require every processed food manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold or distributed in Nigeria to be registered in accordance with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in accordance with provisions of these Regulations. The Agency may undertake, for the purposes of...

This Act regards measures dealing with counterfeit, adulterated, banned or fake, substandard or expired drug or unwholesome processed food. The Act consists of 15 sections, section 2 relating to licensing and registration in any place of drugs and poisons by the relevant authority. Offenders under this...

This Decree amends the Drugs and Related Products (Registration, etc.) Decree 1993 to change the title of the Decree and to provide for the forfeiture of any asset of property of any person who commits an offence under the principal Decree which is obtained from the...

This Decree amends the Foods and Drugs Act to provide for the prohibition of sale or advertisement of food as defined in section 7 as treatment for certain diseases including AIDS. The Definition of “inspecting officer” is changed and some provisions prescribing offences amended. ...

In section 5 (functions of the Agency) paragraph (s) now reads “determine the suitability and otherwise of medicines, drugs, food products, cosmetics, medical devices or chemicals for human and animal use”. Offences and penalties are redefined and a provision regarding offences by bodies corporate is inserted....

These Regulations, made under section 14 of the Sea Fisheries Act, provide rules relative to quality of fish and hygienic conditions for the transportation, handling on board and on land, storage and packing of fish. They also concern labelling and smoking or other ways of preservation...

This Act prohibits the manufacture, import, export, advertisement, sale or distribution in Nigeria of processed food, drug, drug product, cosmetic, medical device or water shall, unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act or Regulations made under it. It also establishes...

This Act establishes the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control as a body corporate and the Governing Council of the Agency. The Agency shall regulate and control the importation, exportation, manufacture and placing on the market of food, bottled water, chemicals and some...

This Act provides for the establishment of the Consumer Protection Council as a body corporate. The Council shall, among other things: address consumers complaints through negotiations, mediation and conciliations; being instrumental in removing or eliminating from the market hazardous products and causing offenders to replace such...

This Act provides for the control of the importation and placing on the market of breast-milk substitute or infant formula (as defined). No person shall import, sell, display for sale, promote the sale of, distribute or offer as sample or gift to any person or the...

This Act prohibits the importation into Nigeria, either by way of trade or otherwise, of the goods specified in the Schedule to this Act, anything contained in the Customs, Excise Tariff, etc. (Consolidation) Act or in any Act or other enactment (including any...

These Regulations, made under the Produce (Enforcement of Export Standards) Act, provide rules for the storage, sealing, packing, handling and inspection of coffee destined for exportation. Where coffee produce inspected, graded, sealed and marked for export by the Produce Inspection Service of any State is delivered...

This Act provides rules for the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution and advertisement of food and drugs. It also grants power to the Minister to set up the Food and Drugs Advisory Council and to make Regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act....

This Act provides for the control of import of live freshwater fish. No person shall import any live fish into Nigeria except in accordance with the terms of a licence under this Act granted to him or her by the Minister, or in transit under...

This Act establishes the Produce Inspection Board and provides for the control of produce destined for exportation. The Act shall apply to the produce described in the First Schedule to this Act. The Board shall have advisory functions towards the Minister and States of the Federation....

These Regulations, made under section 15 of the Inland Fisheries Act: provide rules for the transportation, handling on board and on land, storage, smoking or other ways of preservation of fish; prohibit the harvest or culture of fish in any body of water which is contaminated,...